I can’t quite believe I’m actually writing this article right now, but here we are. This winter, we sat by and watched as the Yankees front office passed up one of the most loaded free agent classes in recent memory despite glaring holes in the roster. The justification for this decision, we were told, was two-fold: (1) the Yankees have a crop of young talent that they didn’t want to block, and (2) the Yankees needed money to extend Aaron Judge. We can debate the tenets of the wealthiest franchise in the game banking their present success on prospects all we want—in fact, I’ve already done that in the past—but I’m far more concerned about the financials this time around, because they simply do not add up.
The Yankees’ failure to extend Aaron Judge is a huge mistake
